We will learn: How we can master challenges through mindfulness. Why it’s important to be radically curious about the world. The top findings for defining and creating happiness for yourself. We all just want to be happy right? But what actually contributes to happiness? Do external circumstances ever matter? Or is it always something we cultivate from within? Can external circumstances help us to cultivate it from within? Thankfully, there has been an ongoing study around this topic for the last 80 years. Harvard’s Study of Adult Development is widely recognized as the world’s longest study on happiness and has provided a ton of information about what factors contribute to a fulfilling and happy life. So today we’re talking about what was learned from Harvard’s longest study on happiness and how to apply it to our lives. Our guest is Marc Schulz. He is the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. He also directs the Data Science Program and previously chaired the psychology department and Clinical Developmental Psychology PhD program at Bryn Mawr. And He is a practicing therapist with postdoctoral training in health and clinical psychology at Harvard Medical School. He is also the co-author of the book “The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/281 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to pinpoint your unique value proposition. How to gain inspiration from what people are already doing without falling into comparison or copying. How to use the personal brand hologram to present yourself in the most powerful way possible. Do you have a personal brand? A lot of people have a sort of aversion to personal branding. Like it’s somehow making themselves something to put on display.  But that’s where I think people get personal branding wrong. It’s not about figuring out how to deceive people to get the outcome you want. It’s actually more about figuring out exactly who you are so you can step into your power, whether you’re running a business, a department, or a family. That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Jessica Zweig. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, personal branding expert, and the founder and CEO of SimplyBe. Agency. And she’s the author of “Be. - A No Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self-Worth and Your Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself.” She works with people to help them grow on and offline by leveraging the most powerful marketing tool on the planet: authenticity. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/280 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How our brains process fear and how we can use that to our advantage. How to reframe anxiety into excitement. A 6-step plan to move through fear called climbing the LADDER. Did you know that fear is the number one thing that keeps us from the life we’re meant to live? When we examine our self-doubt all it really is, is fear. We’re afraid of looking foolish, we’re afraid of failing publicly, we’re afraid of wasting time, and we’re even afraid we won’t be able to handle the success. So how do we break through this natural fear? How do we start to rewire our patterning, so we feel more confident and live more courageously? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Scott Simon. He is a happiness entrepreneur and founder of the Scare Your Soul courage movement. He is also the author of “Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life.” His whole life is dedicated to creating, curating, and leading opportunities for people around the world to be happier, empowered, and courageous in their own lives. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/279 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The unexpected ways we accumulate limiting beliefs, all the way back to our time in the womb How self-indoctrination leads us to false conclusions about ourselves and the world 7 steps to overcoming limiting beliefs with the Clearing Beliefs process Do you feel like you just can’t make progress? The root cause is most likely a limiting belief. A limiting belief is a thought or idea that we hold about ourselves or the world around us, usually, at the subconscious level, that holds us back in some way. You can identify some of your limiting beliefs just by observing your negative self-talk. What’s running through your mind when you’re beating yourself up? Once you are aware of your limiting beliefs, one of the best ways to break through them is to start challenging them. So today, we’re going to learn a process for how to do just that. Our guest is Lion Goodman. He is the founder and CEO of Clear Beliefs Institute. He has 40 years of experience as an executive coach, teacher, and Subconscious Pattern Detective. He is also the creator of The Clear Beliefs Method, a proprietary process for shifting beliefs at the core of the psyche, healing childhood wounds, and resolving trauma. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/278 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why we can’t think logically when we’re dealing with intense negative emotions. How to identify which implicit memories are affecting your present. A unique, proven memory-editing process that has the power to change your mind, behavior, and happiness. Did you know you can actually go back and change your childhood memories? What most people don’t realize is that your implicit memories are what form the foundation of your unconscious mind. And those implicit memories take root during childhood. These memories can shape the way you see yourself, the way you see others, and the way you see the world. Don’t worry, changing your memories doesn't mean you'll be wiping the actual events from your mind, but you will be able to change the autonomic responses that these memories have had by reliving a new experience. So today, we’ll be learning the exact process to do that. With step-by-step techniques, you can learn to change your subconscious memories and heal from the negativity of your past. Our guest is Odille Remmert. She is a mindset coach specializing in emotions and the subconscious. She’s also the author of Change What Happened to You. After successfully transforming her life by changing her own negative childhood memories, she created the Remmert Method to empower others to create deep and permanent life changes through memory transformation. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/277 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The history of The Headless Way and how to experience it yourself. How to shift, contract and expand your perception of who you are. Exercises to allow you to experience headlessness for yourself. This episode is going to blow your mind. Or, at the very least, it’ll blow open your perception of who you are. Your mind is always using cues from your perception, beliefs, and past experiences to create your worldview, which is why so many of us experience the world so differently. But when you strip away everything but the raw data of your senses, it's amazing how little you actually experience. Most of what we think of as our experience is actually interpretation and story-telling. But, with enough mindfulness, it's possible to experience just the raw data. And that’s what allows us to be fully in the present moment, which is where we need to be to experience the oneness that all spiritual seekers are aiming for. So today we’re going to learn about The Headless Way to experience awakening. Our guest is Richard Lang. I know I’ve talked a lot about Douglas Harding but, he’s dead, so Richard is the next best guy. He’s dedicated his life to sharing The Headless Way as widely as possible in the world. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/276 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to recognize our calling. The difference between taking a stand and taking position and why it matters. Why the mindset of scarcity is our biggest challenge and how to overcome it. Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions?  The more chaos we feel around us, the more we instinctually go into survival mode. And then we enter our primal brains, and creative processing, emotions, and critical thinking, all take a backseat. We hoard more. Worry more. Hibernate. Cut ourselves off. We numb ourselves. So what do we do? How do we find that connection that leads us to the fulfillment we’re really seeking? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Lynne Twist. She is the founder of the Soul of Money Institute and author of the best-selling, award-winning book "The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life" and her new book "Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself" (released Fall 2022). Over the past 40 years, Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries in the arenas of fundraising with integrity, conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning, and having a healthy relationship with money. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/275 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The psychological reasons why we try to control. Why detachment is necessary for a healthy life and how to practice it. How to break free from the cycle of codependency so you can start caring for yourself. Do you feel like you’re always the one giving and never receiving? Or maybe you feel like you’re always the one doing and never being. You may not realize it, but these are signs of a codependent relationship. And if you resonate with these statements, your dependency may be around feeling in control. The thing is, we can’t control other people.  All we can do is control ourselves. And when we try to control others, we are really just causing more problems. So how do we break the cycle of codependency? How do we stop trying too hard to control others so we can finally take care of ourselves? That’s what we’re talking about today, and I’m really excited about our guest because she wrote the book that helped me get my life back over 15 years ago. Her name is Melanie Beattie, and she’s the author of “Codependent No More,” as well as “The Language of Letting Go,” “The Grief Club,” and “Beyond Codependency.” Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/274 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How the paradox of quitting influences decision-making: If you quit on time, you will feel you quit early What forces work against good quitting behavior, such as escalation commitment, desire for certainty, and status quo bias How to think in expected value in order to make better decisions, as well as other best practices, such as increasing flexibility in goal-setting, establishing “quitting contracts,” anticipating optionality, and conducting premortems and backcasts What if I told you that quitting is actually integral to your success? There’s a difference between quitting and giving up. Quitting is strategic. It’s knowing when to walk away from something that isn’t working. It’s knowing when to move on to something better. Giving up is different. Giving up is giving in. It’s giving up on your dreams. It’s giving up on yourself. But here’s the thing: the only way to find success is to be willing to fail. But easier said than done, right? So how do we actually know when the time is right? How do we assess our current situation and strategically determine that we’re better off letting it go? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Annie Duke. For two decades, Annie was one of the top poker players in the world. Her expertise in the science of smart decision-making has helped her excel in everything from championship poker to public speaking. She’s also a master storyteller, having performed three times for the Moth, an organization that preserves the art of spoken word storytelling. She will share with us what she’s learned through her academic studies in cognitive psychology combined with real-life decision-making experiences at the poker table. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/273 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why it is hard for us to think clearly about our nature and the explanations for our behavior. The 4 strands of research that all led to the same conclusion: that we are strangers to ourselves. How to better read signals to understand other people’s hidden motives. No one wants to be called a liar, but what if I told you that you, and all of us, lie to each other and ourselves all the time? We are basically political animals and schemers that are constantly looking out for number one without even knowing that we’re doing it. To better deceive others, we also deceive ourselves. So if we’re lying to ourselves, why would we even want to learn this information? Aren’t we just opening pandora’s box? Kind of. But here’s a little secret, You automatically have an edge in the game if you know how the game works. So that’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Robin Hanson. He is an Associate Professor of Economics and received his Ph.D in 1997 in social sciences from Caltech. And he’s also the author of one of the top best sellers in the last decade, “The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life.” Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/272 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We Will Learn: How to stay productive and make progress on your goals A simple way to improve circulation and ease muscle tension How to activate your parasympathetic nervous system to relieve anxiety How to check the known contaminants in your local water supply How blue light at the wrong times affects sleep, energy and focus How to combat seasonal affective disorder The dangers of glyphosate in food and how to protect yourself The negative affects of poor air quality and the power of plants to clean it How to find calm in 5 minutes or less The good and bad of cannabis and how to lean into the good What do you focus on when you’re deep in a visualization? Where do you let your mind wander? What do you consciously intend to create? Sometimes I envision the things I want, like my dream home or a healthy pregnancy. Sometimes when I’m trying to find my calm, I’ll imagine a tropical rainforest or rolling beach waves. And sometimes when I just close my eyes I imagine a world where the food, air, water, and products were actually good for me instead of secretly trying to kill me. But then one time I opened my eyes and started researching how to make that a reality. And I was completely overwhelmed. Overnight, I learned that our water is contaminated. Our air is polluted. A lot of the food in the grocery store can barely be considered food. Even the way we function in society is throwing off our natural rhythms putting us at risk for disease and disorder. I couldn’t unlearn what I learned, so I dove deep into finding remedies that worked for me. This week’s episode is different. Instead of featuring a guest, it is a gift from me to you that contains researched information about health-conscious choices, the products that can assist and the rituals you can create to incorporate them into your daily life. Products Mentioned DailyGreatness Journal Self Journal Shakti Mat Nuzzie Jolie Bon Charge Blue Light Glasses Bottle Sunshine Therapy Aquapure Briiv Reflect Orb Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/271 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The marketing tricks that leave us feeling like we always need more. Why our intentions to donate often fail. The 7 emotional clutter magnets and how to work through them. Have you ever noticed how clutter affects your mental health? It doesn’t affect everyone the same way, but for the most part, it increases our stress levels, it makes it difficult to focus, increases the chance that we procrastinate, and can negatively impact our relationships. Wouldn’t it be amazing to walk into a home that feels inviting? Or to start daydreaming about your next big goal and not have an interfering thought saying, “Well, maybe I’ll get to that after I finally organize these drawers,” only to get overwhelmed and not do anything? So what can we do to finally stop attracting clutter and make space for happiness? That’s what we’re talking about today.  Our guest is Tracy McCubbin. While working for a major television director in Los Angeles, Tracy discovered she had the ability to see through any mess and clearly envision a clutter-free space. She is the author of “Making Space, Clutter-Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You’ll Ever Need” and “Make Space for Happiness.” She is also a regularly featured expert in the media, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Goop, Home & Family, Real Simple, Mindbodygreen, NBC, KTLA Morning Show, KCAL9, and more. Links from the episode: Show Notes:https://mindlove.com/270 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: About the two types of comparison: inspiration and expiration. The 5 most common insecure foundations and how to find a more secure foundation to build our worth upon. 3 steps to detox comparison for good. Do you struggle with comparison?  I think we all do. Or at least most of us. It’s hard to avoid with the social media environment these days. The problem with comparison creates a sense of lack. You see what someone else has, and you think, “I don’t have that.” Which creates feelings of inadequacy, jealousy, and resentment. So what do we do about it? How do we train our minds to stay out of the comparison spiral so we can see our lives, and ourselves, for what they really are? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Nona Jones.  She is an international speaker, preacher, author, and the head of global faith-based partnerships at Facebook. She’s also the author of “Killing Comparison”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/269 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How different types of movement elicit different emotional responses and how to use them to move through our emotions. The symbolism of the medicine wheel and how it can remind us to view our healing holistically. How to heal our connection with ourselves and nature with reverence and ceremony. Isn’t it funny how we have all this technology and progress to give us insight into things we never had before, yet somehow, all this science and tech is just proving what the ancients already knew? We lost their indigenous wisdom for a long time. In reality, it was stolen from us. On purpose. Because if we knew our real power, we wouldn’t need to rely so heavily on everything that’s marketed to us. So today, we’re reclaiming ancient wisdom and learning to honor our whole selves and the land we live on through Native wellness philosophies and practices. Our guests are Chelsey Luger and Thosh Collins, a husband-and-wife duo and the co-founders of Well For Culture, an Indigenous wellness initiative. They are also the co-authors of The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well a book that shares ancestral teachings and Indigenous ideas about health, wellness, and living in balance. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/268 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to become more self-aware of your impact on yourself and others in everyday moments. To identify the things that trigger you and hold you back from learning and growing. How to hold the space to evolve as a person. Are you too hard on yourself? Are you even aware that you are? We often talk about rewiring our thoughts, but a key aspect that gets missed is forgiveness. Those thoughts come from somewhere. And most often, we’re holding onto something, like a belief or a memory that filters our reflection of self. So today, we’re learning to forgive ourselves so we can rewire our patterns for more positive outcomes.  Our guest is Georgia Murch. She is Australia's leading expert in designing feedback cultures. She’s teaching us how to accept our flaws and handle feedback without losing ourselves in self-criticism. Because forgiveness isn’t just about accepting your flaws, your inadequacies, and the things you hide―it’s understanding where they come from and rewriting how you see yourself so that you can live your goals. She’s also the author of “Forgive Your Damn Self”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/267 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to find your enneagram type and why it’s not as simple as a test or checklist. The 9 paths of warriorship for living a compassionate, fiercely awake life. The strengths and poisons to bring awareness to in order to evolve. What wisdom could we unleash if we intersect Buddhism and the enneagram?  While they might sound unrelated, if you think about it, Buddhism is a path of spiritual development leading to insight into the true nature of reality, while the enneagram is basically a path of understanding or uncovering the true nature of ourselves. So, when we overlay it with Buddhism, the enneagram gives powerful insight into your unique spiritual journey—and how you can support others in theirs.  So today, we’re going to weave together two ancient schools of wisdom: Buddhism and the enneagram to travel the nine paths of confusion to wisdom. Our guest is Susan Piver. She is a Buddhist teacher who spent nearly 30 years studying Tibetan Buddhism and the Enneagram in parallel. Piver masterfully weaves together these two ancient schools of wisdom and magic in a compassionate exploration of the nine styles of traveling the path from confusion to wisdom. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/266 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why most people are dividing the wrong pie in negotiations and how to find the right one. The two perspectives most people take in negotiation and how this new method appeases both. How to apply this method to simple and more complex needs for negotiation. Do you feel like a confident negotiator? Negotiations are stressful. It usually feels like a verbal game of poker, with both people bluffing and hoping they come out on top. Too often, we’re left guessing. What the other person is thinking. If they’re telling the truth. If we’re giving too much or too little. Wouldn’t it be better if there were a principled way to negotiate? Well, there is and that’s what we’re learning today. Our guest is Barry Nalebuff. He is the Milton Steinbach Professor at the Yale School of Management, where he has taught strategy, game theory, and negotiation for 32 years. He is also the author of seven books, including “Thinking Strategically” and “The Art of Strategy”. “Co-opetition” for cooperating while competing. “Why Not?” which provides a framework for problem-solving. And “Split the Pie”, which offers a new perspective on negotiation. He is also a serial entrepreneur. You might recognize the brand Honest Tea, which he co-founded and sold to Coca-Cola. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/265 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: What animals want their owners to know most. How and why animals need emotional clearing. How people can build a better bridge of communication with their pet. Do you ever wish you knew what your pet was thinking? I’m learning that whether your pets are still with you or they’re with you outside of the physical, you are always connected. And there are ways to deepen the bridge of communication with them when they’re here and when they’re gone. So today, we’re going to learn how to deepen that connection and then test our own abilities. Our guest is Ellen Lance of Ask My Pet. She is an internationally renowned, 5-star rated animal communicator and pet psychic with over 3.4 million YouTube viewers. Her animal communication work spans hamsters to horses and has been featured in the New York Daily News, MSN.com, and Huffington Post. What’s really cool is that Ellen's talents do not require an animal to be in her physical presence, so she has clients worldwide. Links from the episode: Show Notes:https://mindlove.com/264 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

Today, I’m sharing a preview of a new podcast I’m enjoying and think you will, too. On Come As You Are, educator and bestselling author Dr. Emily Nagoski answers questions about sex with the latest science. You’ll get a modern guide to sexual wellbeing, backed by groundbreaking research about desire, anatomy, orgasm and much more. In conversation with her producer, Emily debunks cultural myths and flips the script on everything you thought you knew about sex and sexuality. In this preview, Emily is joined by organizer and writer adrienne maree brown for advice on how to reconnect with pleasure and make it a lifelong practice. Listen to Come As You Are at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/caya?sid=mindlove.

We will learn: How and why some psychiatric medications cause harm and keep people ill. Why and how metabolism and mitochondria can explain all the symptoms of mental illness. How to self-assess your metabolic and mental health. What if I told you that new research is showing that everything we’ve previously known about mental health is wrong? You might have noticed headlines trending recently, like BREAKING: Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Or BREAKING: Research Fraud: Is Everything We Think We Know About Alzheimer’s Disease Wrong? So basically, decades of research, drugs, and treatments for mental illness are worthless. Based on fraud, or misinformation. New research shows that mental health is directly impacted by our metabolism. So this episode is about the ways food and lifestyle impacts our minds, how exactly mental illness is related to your metabolic function, and what you can do to improve it. Our guest is Dr. Christopher M. Palmer. He is a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher, working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. He is the Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Most recently, he has developed the first comprehensive theory of what causes mental illness, integrating existing theories and research into one unifying theory—the Brain Energy Theory of Mental Illness. This is pioneering research so get excited because it will change the way you view and approach mental health. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/263 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How we begin to develop Equanimity, or “nonjudgmental awareness”. The Four-Step Practice in Karuna Training to skillfully lean into and stay with difficult emotional energy. How to transmute confusion into wisdom. I keep finding that the more we go back to our roots, the easier everything becomes - health, peace, joy, connection. We think we live in a modern world with modern problems, so clearly, we need a modern solution, but what if that’s not the case? Yes, things today may look very different on the outside, but inside, we’re still the same souls seeking what they came here for from the beginning of time. So today, we’re tapping into the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to apply them to the modern challenges of everyday life. Our guest is Melissa Moore, PhD. She has dedicated her life to teaching Buddhism and Contemplative Psychology. She has a master’s degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy and a PhD in Psychological Anthropology. She has three decades of expertise and leadership in Karuna training, and is also the author of “The Diamonds Within Us: Uncovering Brilliant Sanity Through Contemplative Psychology”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/262 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How our brains, egos, awareness, and autopilot patterns serve or thwart our conversations. How to investigate the stories we tell ourselves and deconstruct our own opinions. The four universal types of conversations and how to maximize the effectiveness of each. How often do you feel frustrated after a conversation? Maybe you and your partner keep ending up on different pages, or work projects aren’t as efficient as they can be, or you can’t seem to get through to your kids. The thing is, we each have so many conversations per day that we don’t think about them much. When you’ve been doing something your whole life, it’s easier to just keep doing what you’ve always done. So you listen half-heartedly, react emotionally, and respond habitually like you’re on autopilot. But what if you stopped and asked, “How can I do this better?”  So today, we’re learning to have more conscious conversations.  Our guest is Chuck Wisner. He is a highly sought-after thinker, coach, and teacher in organizational strategy, human dynamics, and leadership communication excellence. He has spent 25 years as a consultant to leaders in high-profile companies like Google, Apple, Tesla, General Motors, and Shell. His methods are anchored in years of leading-edge research, theoretical development, and the practical application of the foundations of conversations. He is also the author of “The Art of Conscious Conversations: Transforming How We Talk, Listen, and Interact.” Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/261 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why enlightenment isn’t as rare as we think it is. The foundational elements for a successful pursuit of enlightenment. The top two most effective paths to awakening. Some stories of awakening and enlightenment sound like a combination of magic and a psychotic break that miraculously leaves someone better than before. But usually, awakening happens a little at a time. The question is, with all the courses, methods, and books about enlightenment, what can actually help get you there? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Jonathan Robinson. He is a psychotherapist, a best-selling author of ten books, and a professional speaker from Northern California. He has spent more than thirty years studying the most practical and powerful methods for personal and professional development. His book “The Enlightenment Project” is all about proven and effective spiritual methods that bring inner peace to most people. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/260 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How brain fog sets a stage for learned helplessness. How to overcome survival mode with emotional awareness. Actionable steps to dealing with brain fog in the moment and long term. Do you ever experience brain fog? It’s not technically a medical condition, but it is a set of symptoms that affect your ability to think. And if the cause is lack of sleep or excessive drinking, the cure is simple… not always easy, but simple enough. But when it comes back to stress, the way out is a little more complicated, because usually, stress isn’t from just one thing.  We know how much stress affects our health. Or at least you should. It affects every aspect of health, including your susceptibility to disease. But often, we push through anyways because all this shit needs to get done. So when it starts to shut down your mind too, is that when you’ll finally listen? And if the daily to-dos need to get done regardless, what can we actually do to clear our heads and think better again? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Dr. Jill Weber. She is a clinical psychologist who works with people managing anxiety. She is the author of “Be Calm: Proven Techniques to Stop Anxiety Now” and writes a blog for Psychology Today. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/259 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Some questions we can ask ourselves to help get a sense of our brain age. The surprising and often overlooked factors that age the brain. 11 key factors to preserving and enhancing brain health. How old is your brain? What if I told you that answer doesn’t necessarily correlate with your actual age? Turns out, our brains have their own aging process. Kind of like our skin. We’ve all seen people who look 40 when they’re 70 or they look 70 when they’re 40. So basically, age really is just a number when it comes to the whole. But the aging of our individual parts can make a huge impact on what’s possible for us. But here’s the good news. There are actually a ton of things you can do to greatly decrease your risk of mental aging: dementia, Alzheimer's, mental illness, all of it. That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Dr. Marc Milstein. He specializes in taking the leading scientific research on health and happiness and using it to empower people to live better. He provides science-based solutions to keep the brain healthy, lower the risk of dementia, boost productivity and maximize longevity. His book "The Age-Proof Brain" was just published on October 25th. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/258 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why we fail to see things as they are. Why others don’t always get what’s obvious to us. The 8 most common biases and fallacies that keep our minds closed. When we have a strong opinion, we often look down on the people who don’t reach the same conclusion, whether they have the same facts as we do or not. The biggest problem I see with us being stuck in our beliefs and becoming more and more intolerant of those who are different is, obviously, division, but more specifically, we’re losing sight of how beautiful a spectrum is. And for me, learning what traps I might fall into when trying to find the truth, gives me compassion for others. And if we start to see our own blind spots, we might stop being so eager to point the finger. So today, we’re learning how to think better so we can reason better and ultimately live better. Our guest is Woo-Kyoung Ahn. She is the John Hay Whitney Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Her research on thinking biases has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, and she is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/257 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: What judgments prevent us from seeing. How to move from judgment to acceptance in the moment. A daily practice to rewire our brains to judge less overall. Are you judgmental? Be honest. Because frankly, I’m pretty sure we all are. Some more than others. The problem is, our judgments don’t just create suffering for other people. Our judgments create the most suffering within ourselves, whether we’re judging ourselves or our own past harshly, or we’re holding people and the world around us to standards they will never meet. It’s our resistance to "what is" that creates our suffering. Always. There will still be pain, but suffering is a choice. And I know, easier said than done. So how do we get there, exactly? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Greg Hammer, MD. He is a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, a pediatric intensive care physician, a pediatric anesthesiologist, a mindfulness expert, and the author of GAIN without Pain. He is also a health enthusiast and meditator, utilizing a non-duality and mindfulness-based approach to care. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/256 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The only true problem humanity has ever faced and how to transcend it. How to go from efforting to aligning. The higher perspective of everything occurring now and what is to come. I’ve noticed that whatever side of any of the many arguments that are front and center in the world right now, all views are based on fear. What if we could all act purely in love? What would that even look like? How would it feel? What would I do? What world would we co-create? The one thing I know for certain is that it’s impossible if we’re all driven by ego. So how do we rise above it? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Paul Selig. Paul Selig is considered to be one of the foremost spiritual channels working today. His breakthrough works of channeled literature include I Am the Word, The Book of Love and Creation, The Book of Knowing and Worth, The Book of Mastery, The Book of Truth, The Book of Freedom, and the Beyond the Known Trilogy: Realization, Alchemy, and The Kingdom. Altogether he has recorded an extraordinary program for personal and planetary evolution as humankind awakens to its own divine nature. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/255 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How a history of trauma affects recovery. How allies can reduce the shame and stigma that can prevent people with substance use disorder from asking for help. How to support your loved ones with the 4 pillars of recovery. Sometimes I wonder, what’s harder… struggling with addiction, or watching someone you love struggle and feeling totally helpless? And maybe we can’t speed up someone’s lessons. Maybe that’s not how it works. What’s trickier is that often the things we do to try to help, actually make the problem worse. So what do we do? How can we help a loved one both before they’re ready to help themselves, and then when they’re starting to see a better way? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Alison Jones Webb. She’s a recovery ally, advocate, author, and seasoned public health specialist. She’s the author of Recovery Allies: How to Support Addiction Recovery and Build Recovery Friendly Communities. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/254 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why habits alone are not enough. Why you need to be goal-oriented and process-oriented. The 3 pillars of mindful self-discipline. We tend to choose what feels good in the moment versus what’s actually good for us. Regardless of the surface-level reason, there’s almost always a deeper reason. And that deeper reason is usually that you haven’t yet connected the hard thing with a deeper why. So whether you need help building a consistent morning routine, breaking bad habits, finding your life purpose, increasing motivation and willpower, achieving your goals, or just being more effective with your time, mindful self-discipline can help. That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Giovanni Dienstmann. He is a self-discipline coach who has helped hedge fund managers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, celebrity musicians, ambitious professionals, artists, and pro athletes to live a more focused and disciplined life. Since 2014 he has been successfully coaching people to overcome distractions, procrastination, self-doubt, fear, and other forms of self-sabotage. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/253 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will discuss: The slippery slope from alcohol to chronic depression. How to recognize the right time for change. How to support your own recovery with fun and humor, even in the midst of a mental health crisis. If you find yourself questioning your relationship with alcohol, or even just wondering what life or you would be like without it, this episode is for you. What I love about this episode is it’s more of a deep and honest conversation than an interview. We’re talking to Jason Carter. He is a husband, father, and entrepreneur who struggled for decades with depression and heavy drinking before beginning the journey to recovery. In his new memoir, To Hell I Ride: When a Life Examined Became Worth Living, he takes an unflinching look into the darkest corners of his past and how he found clarity—and ultimately redemption—on a family road trip from Texas to Telluride. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/252 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to move toward ambitions instead of away from frustrations. How to identify your unique genius. Keys to being more intentional about the creative process. Creativity is a key part of life, whether you’re selling something, leading a team, or trying to figure out something to do with your toddler on a Tuesday afternoon. We are always creating. So you can neglect this fundamental part of being human, or you can lean in and get better at it day after day. And that’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Todd Henry. He is an author, international speaker, consultant, and advisor. He is the author of four books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He was on the show back in episode 157 all about the hidden keys to motivation. And now he’s back to coach us through some daily practices to keep ourselves inspired and brilliant. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/251 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to break the trance of accumulation. How our filters warp our perception. How surrender opens us up to peace. What would it take for you to feel free? Physically, emotionally, spiritually, or even financially… what does freedom look like to you? Have you taken the time to think about it? For most of us, there’s some thing, or many things standing in the way of our freedom… or so we think. But what I find interesting is that most of the things that we think will solve our problems don’t. People with more money are still suffering. People in loving relationships, or in perfect physical health, or with more skills or with perfect bodies… all suffer. So why is it that we think any of those things will solve our problems? Our guest today is Emilio Diez Barroso. He was a lifelong seeker—seeking recognition, achievement, love, success, and finally, the ultimate carrot: enlightenment. He also has a masters in spiritual psychology and is the CEO of NALA Investments. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/250 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The biggest mindset shift you can take on when meeting new people. How to deal with conflict in friendships, and how to decide which ones are worth the effort. How to optimize your socializing efforts and keep the friends you meet. Why is it so hard to make friends as an adult? Or at least make really good friends. It can seem daunting and a little scary if you haven’t done it before, but the good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. So today we’re going to talk about a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with others—and for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process. Our guest is Marisa Franco. She is a psychologist, a national speaker, a professor at The University of Maryland, and the author of “Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/249 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to make sure you have the right diagnosis. How to make sure your provider or your medications are the right fit. How to assist in your own recovery outside of therapy. When you’re depressed or struggling, it can be hard to do anything at all, let alone find a therapist, book an appointment, and actually get there… week after week after week. And then there are the medications. Maybe your doctor prescribes you something, but how do you know how to measure if it is effective? How do you know how long to try? Or when to switch? Is that even safe? And then why does therapy work so well for some and not for others? What should you be doing between sessions to feel the benefits? Well, that’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Ken Duckworth. He’s the chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and has worked with NAMI since 2003. He is board certified in adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry and is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. His passion for this work comes from his loving dad, who had bipolar disorder. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/X100 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: Why trying harder to face your fears, and using willpower to force decisions, simply do not work. Why avoidance reinforces anticipatory anxiety and chronic indecisiveness. The five steps of surrender to overcome indecision. If you look up why people are indecisive, you’ll get a number of answers like people pleasing, perfectionism, or a fear of taking responsibility.. but all of these come back to one thing: anticipatory anxiety. Anticipatory anxiety is essentially getting anxious about the possibility of being anxious. It’s when you basically get hijacked by your own imagination. But the thing is, indecision is not a personality trait. It’s a behavioral problem. The good news is, that means it can be changed. And in order to change it, it’s helpful to understand our personal areas of sensitivity, the patterns we create when we avoid decisions, and the underlying issues that can cause it. So that’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Dr. Sally Winston. She is a clinical psychologist, a master clinician in anxiety disorders and OCD, and co-author of 4 books with Dr. Martin Seif. She’s also the founder and Executive Director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/248 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: What a brain difference is, and what traits are associated with it.  How to shift your focus from your diagnosis to your potential.  How we can foster the qualities of geniuses and high achievers in our own lives.  Did you know there is an association between creativity and major mental disorders? And did you know this has been known for hundreds of years? The ancient Greeks thought of both as "having been touched by the gods.” And Aristotle said, “There is no genius without having a touch of madness.” So what does the science say? How can we transform the source of our struggles to be the origin of our greatest strengths? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Dr. Gail Saltz. She is a bestselling author of numerous books, serves as a Medical Expert for the Physicians for Human Rights, and is the host of the podcast “How Can I Help?”. Dr. Saltz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of medicine, a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and has a private practice in Manhattan. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/X99 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The ordinary influences of the unconscious mind. How to align the goals of the unconscious with the goals of the ego. How the integration of science and myths lead to transcendence. What if we could learn to recognize how our unconscious influences us so that it actually helps us become who we were meant to be? And what if the key to doing that isn’t through modern science, but through ancient legends and fairy tales? What wisdom do those stories hold? If we look at them as more than just a fairy tale, but as something that carries truth about ourselves and the world we live in, what can we learn? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Daniel Lieberman. Daniel is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University. He studied the Great Books at St. John’s College and attended medical school at New York University. He is the co-author of the international bestseller “The Molecule of More” and now “Spellbound: Modern Science, Ancient Magic, and the Hidden Potential of the Unconscious Mind.” Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/247 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to identify and conquer your personal “Everest.” How to reframe loneliness to obtain mental clarity. Why a winner’s mindset needs to be stronger than their feelings. You know that blissful feeling you get when you accomplish something really awesome? What if I told you there’s a way to tap into that in just one 12-hour commitment? No money, no travel, no other people even needed? Our guest today is Colin O'Brady and he is encouraging people to do a 12-hour walk. No phone. No friends. Just you and your favorite trail. Or sidewalk. Whatever you have accessible. What if it’s an easy reset for you to wipe away a few of your limiting beliefs? Maybe those limiting beliefs are popping up right now saying, “a 12-hour walk? I don’t have time for that. What’s the point? What if I can’t make it? Well, today we’re going to talk about the magic behind the 12-hour walk. And we’re going to walk you through those limiting beliefs so you can release their hold. Our guest is Colin O'Brady. He is a ten-time world record-breaking explorer, speaker, entrepreneur, and mindset expert. His feats include the world’s first solo, unsupported, and fully human-powered crossing of Antarctica, speed records for the Explorers Grand Slam and the Seven Summits, and the first human-powered ocean row across the Drake Passage. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller “The Impossible First” and now “The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/X98 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The relationship between the amount of time people have in their daily lives and their overall happiness. Strategies to make activities that feel like a waste a little more satisfying. How to craft your time with variation. If you want to build the future of your dreams, you have to prioritize your future self. But that doesn’t need to take away from the bliss you find in the present. The problem is, sometimes it seems we have our butts in high gear the whole time and there’s still just not enough time in a day. So where’s the balance? When is it the best decision to chill vs pump yourself up? How do I make the most of my time? And even more importantly, when I do figure out how to make the most of my time, how do I actually get myself to stick to it? So that’s what we’re talking about today.  Our guest is Cassie Holmes. She is a professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where she is an award-winning teacher and researcher. Holmes’s work on the intersection of time and happiness has been published in lead academic journals and featured in such outlets like NPR, The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and more. She’s also the author of “Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most”. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/246 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The intersection between hate and fear. How to get comfortable embracing your discomfort. A daily practice to keep your optimism while taking action. Standing up for what you believe in is, in my opinion, one of the most honorable things you can do. The problem is, fighting for a cause and spending so much time and thought immersed in your own ideology and surrounding yourself with people who think the same is both amazing and also the exact directions to create your own echo chamber. I’ve also found that the more I fight, the angrier I become at the world around me. So what do we do? How do we participate in activism without being consumed by anger or hatred or even self-pity or hopelessness? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Dr. Simran Jeet Singh. He is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program. He is Senior Adviser for Equity and Inclusion at YSC Consulting, an Equality Fellow for the Open Society Foundations, and a Visiting Professor at Union Seminary. Simran is the author of “The Light We Give: The Power of Sikh Wisdom to Transform Your Life.” Links from the episode: Show Notes:https://mindlove.com/X97 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to make your environment a product of you instead of becoming a product of your environment. How to train yourself to make adjustments instead of excuses. A daily habit to filter your thoughts during hardship. Not everyone becomes stronger after struggle. For some people, the struggle shows them what they’re capable of, and it completely reroutes their life for the better. For others, it shows them what they can’t control and it completely reroutes their life, for the worse. So what’s the difference? How do we zoom out just enough to choose what’s in our highest good rather than what our humans attach to? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Joel Green. He is CEO of Pro Level Training and a former professional basketball player. After retiring from his career in basketball, he founded Pro Level Training (PLT), which has become a 7-figure company. He’s also a speaker and the National Director for Nike Sports Camps. And he was the face of Cheez-It crackers Celebrity Crunch Classic campaign, just showing his face on millions of boxes. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/245 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to identify toxic or manipulative people. What to expect when leaving a toxic relationship and how to move on without closure. How to let go of anger or self-blame after years of mental turmoil. If you've ever found yourself in a toxic relationship, you know how taxing it can be. First I want to say, it’s not your fault; however, acknowledging your role in it is essential to taking your power back. That might mean spotting signs, knowing what you deserve, or finding a way to get out when you realize something is wrong. So the question is, how did you get there in the first place? How do you convince yourself you deserve better after who knows how long you’ve been brainwashed to think you don’t? And what are the steps to get out and start to heal? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Stephanie Sarkis. She is a psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, gaslighting, narcissistic abuse, and ADHD. She is the author of eight books and one workbook, including Healing From Toxic Relationships: 10 Essential Steps to Recover from Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Emotional Abuse. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/X96 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: What happens to our brains when we’re in conflict. The archetypes of difficult people so you can better identify the root of their behavior. 9 principles for getting along with anyone. Sometimes people suck. They’re passive-aggressive, sometimes straight-up aggressive, they blame you for their wounds, they steal the credit for work you did, and that’s just at work. It makes you wonder, are work relationships even worth it? Turns out, they are, and we’ll get into the why in the episode but for now, just know that ignoring your colleagues because you have friends outside of work can do a lot of damage to your happiness and your career. So if work relationships are so beneficial to us, what can we do? How can we get along, or at least work with, anyone, even difficult people? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Amy Gallo. She is a workplace expert who writes and speaks about interpersonal dynamics, difficult conversations, feedback, and effective communication. She helps people and teams better collaborate, communicate, and transform their culture to support dissent and debate. She is also the author of two books: "Getting Along: How to Work With Anyone (Even Difficult People)" and the "HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict". Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/244 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to identify your mom rage triggers. Strategies for coping with rage. How to build your village, even if virtual. My baby is only 18 months, so 90% of the time it’s cuteness and cuddles and I love it so much. But there have been these moments, already, where I can just see red, I feel like he’s doing it all on purpose just to fuck with me. And I know it’s early, but if these moments are happening already what am I going to do when he actually has an attitude? When he actually has developed enough ego to try to get under my skin? So that’s what we’re learning today. Our guest is Florence Ann Romano. She is an author, and childcare and village advocate. She worked as a childcare provider for over 15 years and has always had a special place in her heart for children. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/X95 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to engage different levels of listening. How to validate people in conversation.  Why we get pushed away when someone fights their pain.  Do you ever have moments where you just don’t feel understood? Why is it that some conversations feel disconnected while others feel like you’re completely wrapped in them?  I think it has to do with the space that someone holds for you. It’s probably one of the greatest gifts we can give to someone else. And it’s also one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves. When you hold space for yourself, you give yourself the awareness and the time and the intention to allow your own energy to move. You need space to transform. So today we’re going to learn how to hold space for ourselves and others. Our guest is Matt Kahn. He is a spiritual teacher, speaker, author and highly attuned empathic healer. Matt wrote the highly acclaimed books “Whatever Arises, Love That", "Everything Is Here to Help You”, and “The Universe Always Has a Plan". His newest book is “All For Love: The Transformative Power of Holding Space.” He has 20+million YouTube channel views where people are finding relief from the challenges of daily life through his heart-centered messages. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/243 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How to call upon your animal spirits. How legends and stories can connect us with our nature. Why we’ve lost the sacred and how to bring it back. We tend to think of medicine as pharmaceuticals. In reality, medicine has been practiced since prehistoric times and it was more like an art form of knowledge and skill.  But what if we expand our view of medicine even further? What if we chose to see that everything is medicine? Everything in life is helping us to grow, evolve and expand in love. Everything is leading to our evolution. Our most difficult experiences are actually a gift. So today we’re talking about how you can recognize the gift of these experiences and how to move into a different state of being. Our guest is Asha Frost. She is an Indigenous Medicine Woman and a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation. She is the best-selling author of "You are the Medicine", and has guided thousands of people through profound and lasting transformation. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/X94 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: The common barriers that make it hard for us to look at ourselves in an unbiased way.  How to ask for feedback and respond non-defensively.  How to embody humble ambition.  Whatever happened to humility?  Everyone in the world seems to have their personal brand: this is who I am and what I’ve done and how I look and everyone should follow me. The algorithm feeds our narcissism and as we’ve heard in several recent episodes, we’re literally living in a narcissism epidemic. So if society is built to reward narcissistic behavior, how do we consciously choose to balance out? Today we’re talking about how and why to be humble.  Our guest is Daryl Van Tongeren. He says that in its true sense, humbleness is the happy medium between self-denial and self-obsession: It grants the holder an accurate view of reality. By seeing where we have room to improve, we can grow. By admitting our doubts, we can learn. And by acknowledging our own worldview as one among many, we can truly connect with others despite our differences. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/242 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How we screw ourselves in free-flowing arguments.  How to break through deadlocked conversations.  How to bring in empathy in times of disagreement.  Do you shy away from arguments because it’s just not worth it? Or do you run toward them, get nowhere and then feel like crap wishing you hadn’t? What I’ve found is that so many topics have so much emotion behind them, or dare I say programming, that both sides become blinded by their talking points and have stopped being able to see outside of them. So how do we get to a place where we respectfully converse? A place where we can come together and shave off the extremities in both of our views and meet somewhere in the middle? That’s what we’re talking about today. Our guest is Bo Seo. He is a two-time world champion debater and a former coach of the Australian national debating team and the Harvard College Debating Union. He is one of the most recognized figures in the global debate community and is now the author of Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/x93 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors

We will learn: How we self-impose our suffering.  How to choose “feeling it out” over “figuring out out”.  A process called “painting forward” that helps you integrate new choices.  Did you know that we make an average of 35000 choices per day? Look back at yesterday. How many of those choices were you actually aware of as you were making them? The thing about those subconscious decisions is, we have more control over them than we think we do. So today we’re going to talk about five deliberate choices to help you realize fulfillment and joy in your life. Our guest is Amy Wong. She is the founder of Always On Purpose®. She is an executive leadership coach, author, speaker, and facilitator working with organizations like Airbnb, Salesforce, Roku, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/241 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors